Notes / Commercial Description:
The first Jester King beer to be brewed entirely in oak. Unfermented wort was racked directly to oak barrels and inoculated with souring bacteria. From there, it spent months aging in our barrel room before being blended with live kombucha at bottling. Unfiltered, unpasteurized & naturally carbonated through re-fermentation in the bottle.

This beer is very nice, but in the bottle i found it to be very sour which detracted from the kambucha imo. Has standard jester king funk on the nose, flavor is very nice with the kambucha, but its so sour. I thought this would be a saisony type kambucha beer, and maybe thats why i didnt absolutely love it

Big thanks goes out to funkydelic for sharing this one at a recent Random Sunday Tasting! Served from bottle into a Mikkeller taster flute. Poured a pale golden yellow with a half finger white head that subsided to a minimal amount quickly. Maintained nice lacing throughout the glass. The aroma was comprised of sweet malt, funk, sour, tart, fruit, and earth. The flavor was of sweet malt, fruit, funk, sour, tart, and wood. It had a light feel on the palate with medium-high carbonation. Overall this was a fairly good brew. There were some nice notes going on here with a fairly good balance. Upon first inspection of the nose I wasn’t really expecting anything really special for the style, however on the flavor I did find it to be quite good. The fruit aspect was what truly made this one on the flavor. It was quite refreshing and rather enjoyable. Glad I got the chance to try this one.

Drinking this was similar to drinking regular, non-boozified kombucha--the first sip is nearly intolerable and I worry that I won't be able to finish the bottle. Then it get drinkable. Then I develop a taste for it and am sorry, some time later, when the bottle is finally empty.

I have no idea what goes into brewing with live kombucha but I'm willing to bet it's not particularly easy. Additionally, I got no ideas how to really review this beer since there's nothing against which it can be fairly based--it's not a regular wild ale, certainly. It's a whole new world of tart.

I can say, however, that this was not an easy drinking beer. Even as I came to enjoy it, it still went down awful slow. So while it's doubtless an excellently brewed beer, I can't quite bring myself to recommend it normal-like.

Straw color and very hazy. The head lasted about a minute then disappeared. No lace. Bread dough aroma when first poured. Oak and fruit come out as it warms. Lightly toasted sourdough bread, oak, sour fruit. Mild bitterness after the finish. Viscous medium body mouthfeel and medium-high carbonation.

A - slightly hazy golden yellow. Not much head. Meh. But there are some pretty bubbles coming up from the bottom. Not unlike champagne, but a little more golden.

S - wheat & sourness. And I don't know what kombucha smells like, but there's something unrecognizable and unique that I smell, so it's safe to assume that's it. Something earthy, almost. Kind of like they pulled the wheat out with some dirt still in it. Weird, I know, but it's not bad.

M - pretty light, which I expected. Again, not unlike champagne, though not quite as bubbly. Wet finish, tart acidic taste sticks around. Which isn't bad, if you like it.

D/O - easy to drink. I only had one bottle of this, and I decided to drink it instead of trading it, & I'm pleased I did. I do like Jester King's sours, and this is no exception. It's definitely a unique-tasting beer that probably won't be for everyone. And I probably wouldn't drink it regularly, but I would drink another bottle sometime, if I had one.

T- moderate grape and lemon tartness starts up front. Bit of wheat in the middle. Finishes with an interesting creamy yogurt/cream cheese flavor and some oak notes. Has a very long lingering tart yogurt wheat flavor, almost like a taffy or a lemon tootsie roll aftertaste. Very good. Has just the right amount of tartness. Not puckering, but doesn't taste watered down either.

M- moderate carbonation, creamy mouthfeel. Very yogurt like. You can taste this beer long after your last sip. That lactic taste just sticks around, not in a bad way cause its very enjoyable. Pretty wet finish.

O- very good stuff. As always Jester King makes interesting beer. A lot like a Berliner Weisse but with a lot of subtle, je ne sais quoi, flavors. Very refreshing, very light. Highly drinkable. I've never had Kombucha before so some of the flavors in this beer are new to me.

A: Pours a clear golden/yellow color. At first a tightly packed white head tries to form. On a very vigorous poor. Though that fizzles out in a second. No lace to speak of. Not a very attractive poor.
S: Up front is tart citrus and wheat, though that fades in a second to a very odd musky, wet cloths kind of aroma. Citrus in the finish again. Medicinal and metallic in the nose as well. Nothing meshes here and kind of messy.
T: Not as convoluted and messy here. Though very simple. Husky wheat, tart lemon rind, and citrus. A very light lingering acidic bite.
M/D: Very light body. Moderate carbonation. Though very thin and watery. I understand that it is low alcohol, but still you can make a fuller mouthfeel than paper thin. Really disappointing here. Not something I care to finish. Just ho hum, and not much here to interest me.

This is not doing it for me. No real character here. Just tart lemon and citrus with a really weak body. Not something I care to come back to.

T: Up front, you get that tart white grape and lemon flavor you smelled. In the mid palate, the flavor smooths out. Possibly from the oak fermenting/aging. Really softens even with the good carbonation that tickled the tongue originally. You do get some of those herbal and grassy flavors either from the hop varieties or Kombucha. The Lacto probably adds to the mild creaminess.

Taste - Tons of Kombucha funkiness, dominated by the whiskey top-note from the barrel aging. Sharp acidity, and lingering twang.

Mouthfeel - Rich Lactic mouthfeel. Good Carbonation.

Overall - I went into this beer without very high expectations, seeing as I'm not really a fan of Kombucha tea. I AM a huge fan of the sour style, however, and have enjoyed many of JK's experimental beers. (Boxer's Revenge was pretty boss.) I look forward to Funk Metal, but this was just not the beer for me, although it may appeal to some. All in all, an interesting take on the style.

The beer pours a hazy, straw yellow color with a small white head. The aroma is full of wheat and a lactic sourness. I also get a little bit of pepper. The flavor is similar. There is a good bit of lemon and tart wheat notes, as well as a hint of oak and some light funk notes. As the beer warms the oak gets a little more pronounced. The sourness is not too intense, more like what you would find in a Berliner Weiss. Thin mouthfeel and medium carbonation. An incredibly easy drinking sour that would go very well on a hot summer day. Still, I wonder if this beer would be better and more complex with additional age on it since it tastes a bit young.

Light murky water appearance, the taste is peachy with a slight sour candy taste. Overall it's a nice sour ale by jester king but not their best offering to date. Mouthfeel is crisp and drinkable. Slight amount of sediment at the bottom of the glass. I'd recommend this beer if you like sour ales but some of jester kings past sours have been better like boxers revenge.

Tastes quite tart, citrusy, I've never had kombucha so... not sure what to look for there, I don't notice anything overwhelming tea-like though. Very 'clean' beer. Mouthfeel is good, perfect amount of carbonation. Again, with the funky yeasty taste, similar to the fantome, although sourer of course.

Appearance is pale yellow with a bit of cloudiness. Nose full of wheaty cereal grain, tea leaves, white grapes, and lemon. The taste features citric tartness with a heavy grain profile. Reminds me of a Berliner weisse. Very tart on the finish. Mouthfeel is light and refreshing. Overall, unique and interesting.

I really like this beer. It's got a really interesting smell. I would love to have it fully carbonated but it still has a nice enjoyable acidity. You can really tell the tea comes through in the beer, I would imagine it is stronger on cask. Fun beer to drink, not my favorite of theirs but I like it a lot.

This is a beer that is brewed with Buddha's Brew Classic Kombucha and no surprise, it tastes like a beer brewed with Kombucha. It was a pale amber/yellow with a light fluffy head that went away pretty quickly. It smelled fairly sour and a little citrusy with some funk and a little earthiness and woodiness. The taste is really hard to describe, but it follows the nose pretty well. It tastes sour and funky like a kombucha but with some hoppiness and citrus from the beer and some woodiness from the barrels as well as with some yogurt thrown in. In the front of the mouth it's sour, but ends on the back of the tongue with some bitterness. The mouthfeel is okay, not overly carbonated but really drinkable.

This is one of my new favorite beers and I hope I can find this in a bottle or on tap at some point!